Disaster and the politics of intervention [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrew Lakoff

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Columbia University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34/8
• Soggetto topico: Disaster relief - Political aspects; Disaster relief - Government policy; Emergency management - Political aspects; Emergency management - Government policy; Intervention (Federal government)
• Altri autori: LakoffAndrew <1970->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: contents; Introduction; chapter one - Beyond Calculation; Chapter Two - Private Choices, Public Harms; chapter three - Strange Brew; chapter four - Risking Health; chapter five - Constructing Carbon Markets; Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Government plays a critical role in mitigating individual and collective vulnerability to disaster. Through measures such as disaster relief, infrastructure development, and environmental regulation, public policy is central to making societies more resilient. However, the recent drive to replace public institutions with market mechanisms has challenged governmental efforts to manage collective risk. The contributors to this volume analyze the respective roles of the public and private sectors in the management of catastrophic risk, addressing questions such as: How should homeland sec
• Titolo autorizzato: Disaster and the politics of intervention
• ISBN: 1-282-89780-2; 9786612897801; 0-231-51925-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810693203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk.